River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-03
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

A dispatch from Window, Mimi,
of Feb. %, is as follows: This winter ha.
been one of unparalleled severity, exceeding
any since 1871. Railways were blocked six
/ times, being opened during a period OF
/ from one to three days Friday began
/ another blockade, the wind shifting sud
denly the snow began drifting By Satur
| day night everything had drifted full, the
4 railroads being under five to twenty feet OF
snow The town is in danger of a fuel
/ famine, there being only two cars of wood
aud coal. Omaha's dead engine is here
/ The train was showed in at Worthington
/ and a force of men was sent out this morn
ing shoveling the road clear, but is making
/ slow progress. No train is expected this
week.
II is reported from Mandan, Oak,
that considerable complaint is made by the
| farmers in that region at the freedom that
/ is given to the Indians To roam over the
country at will. As soon as spring opens
they viii be all over the country, stopping
at farm houses, and, although they may be
really almost harmless, yet they are not
above intimidating women who may be left
( alone to take care OF the house. 1t is prob
able that an organized effort will be made
10 prevent them from roaming at will
except when escorted by soldiers.
Feb. %, at Sioux Falls, Oak, fire
broke cut in the work shop in the prison
yard adjoining the penitentiary In con-
sequence of a strong wind il proved very
obstinate, but was finally eXtinguished af-
ter a loss OF about 5000. The cry that the
penitentiary was on fire created great ex-
citement for a short time. The prisoners
were also very greatly excited but were
kept under control. Had the prison not
been built of stone everything would have
gone.
The statement of the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis q Omaha railroad for
the year 1856 shows: Gross earnings,
s., 49, 6I; increase over the previous year,
S,sSo451: net earnings, S3S04 ,f92; increase
Ssll,OEi. The report of the Chicago, Mil
waukee a. st. Paul road for the same
period shows: Gross earnings, S94,1ls,403;
increase. SSi5l3J: net earnings, Los, l39: :
increase. S957..si7
A s. Crawford, transfer clerk for
the past six years in the United States mail
service. was arrested at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, Feb. p, for taking a registered
letter. Tie was admitted in $500 bail to
await the action Of the grand jury. II seems
that Crawford has been suspected for some
time, but the authorities did not succeed in
detecting him.
At Mortified, Mimi. the 22nd was
observed as a legal holiday at Carleton and
st. Olafs colleges. In the evening at VIII
lis Hall the two literary socities of Carleton
held their 10th annual celebration of Wash
ington's birthday with an excellent pro
gram. The schools were not in session.
Mayor Rice, of Mandan, OAK, who
has kept an accurate account of the snow
fall, states that as much has fallen as Will
make 2.62 inches of water. In the winter of
1856 the figures were 1.2l inches; the pre-
viOus year it was .GS of an inch
Deputy United States Marshal Hop
kins, of Dubuque, Iowa, arrived at Albert
Lea Feb. %. and took in custody one W. Z.
Smith. Smith is accused of constituting
himself an internal revenue collector and
raising funds in that way.
Teachers and students of Albert Lea,
College, Mimi, rendered reception to their
friends on the afternoon of Washington S
birthday, the attendance being quite larg
and the exercises interesting and pleasant
On the eve of Washington's birthday
the Austin, Mimi, W. c. T. T. held mass
meeting at the opera house. A very inter
esting and instructive address was delivered
by Rev. Anna NJ. Shaw, of Boston, Mass
From Aberdeen. Pierre, Crookston,
Grand Forks and other points it was re-
ported that blizzard storm ragged on Feb
ruary %. Many trains were suspended and
the blockade was quite general.
A healthy, live real estate boom has
struck Sioux City, 1,s0O messages being
sent out on Tuesday in answer to inquiries
from outside capitalists
Tuesday evening John c. Parish a
prominent citizen of Des Moines, Iowa
suffered stroke of paralysis and is in a
critical condition.
Father Maurice Howard, widely
known, and one of the oldest Catholic
priests in the United States, died at Keokuk
lowe, Feb. -.